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Adversus singularitates: The ontology of space-time singularities

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arxiv 1210.2427 v1 pith:5FEDWOYU submitted 2012-10-08 physics.gen-ph gr-qcphysics.hist-ph

Adversus singularitates: The ontology of space-time singularities

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I argue that there are no physical singularities in space-time. Singular space-time models do not belong to the ontology of the world, because of a simple reason: they are concepts, defective solutions of Einstein's field equations. I discuss the actual implication of the so-called singularity theorems. In remarking the confusion and fog that emerge from the reification of singularities I hope to contribute to a better understanding of the possibilities and limits of the theory of General Relativity.

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